Vancouver law firm trades in MS for desktop Linux

Submitted by Ty on August 2, 2007 - 11:00am

Downtime and virus issues prompt Whitelaw Twining to install SUSE. The switch was simple but not entirely trouble-free.

Whitelaw's rollout took one weekend and users were able to adapt to Linux using only a one-page instructional handout, says Giroux. He adds that the change to Linux has reduced desktop maintenance by 20 per cent, “and "that's a conservative number.”